On this day: February 4

George Washington is elected America's first president, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst, Fleetwood Mac releases "Rumours," and Facebook is launched, all on this day.

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1861: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.

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